How to Keep Makeup Stains Off Your Clothes With This Viral Hack

All you need is a plastic bag.

Nothing says “outfit killer” like makeup stains. Try as you may, it’s seemingly impossible to pull on anything white, cream, or crewneck (let alone, all three) without ending up with a big ring of orange around the collar and mascara bleeding down your face. Thanks to one genius on Twitter, though, the annoying age-old problem is officially solved. When you see how simple it is, you’re going to wish you’d thought of it yourself.

User @_evamariie shared her brilliant hack for keeping her makeup intact while getting dressed. All you need? A regular old plastic bag, Refinery29 reports.

As @_evamariie’s photo shows, all you need to do is slip a plastic bag over your head and made-up face (with ample space to breathe on the bottom, of course — we'd also suggest creating a hole at the top of the bag to allow for air to flow through) and slide your shirt, dress, or sweater on over it. The plastic will help the material slip on smoothly, and your flawless face beat will stay intact.

Life changing, right? Mainly because you no longer have to limit your post-makeup wardrobe to V-necks and off-the-shoulder tops. Users on Twitter agree with that sentiment, and have helped elevate the trick to straight-up viral status with nearly 62,000 comments and over 17,000 retweets.

As amazing as this is though, it’s important to remember that there are definitely some safety concerns involved with putting a plastic bag over your head. To avoid a very serious “risk of suffocation,” some followers offered their own tricks for putting on a makeup-free shirt, like using a scarf instead of a bag, or sliding on your shirt with your head tilted down so it goes over your hair instead of your face. There are also makeup protector shields that are specifically made for this cause, though you probably won’t find those lying around under the kitchen sink the way you would a plastic bag. And another foolproof trick? Setting spray, which helps hold your makeup in place. Regardless of what method you choose, your crewneck collection will thank you.